United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880

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USA_1880_PHC-10PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Probable step/adopted father (US1880B_STEPPOP)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 270

End: 270

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No stepfather present
1	Improbable age difference
2	Spouse of mother
3	Identified stepfather
5	Identified as adopted
7	Surname difference -- male child or never-married female

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Probable step/adopted father.

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United States 1880 (10%): All persons

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